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Free printable reading log for kids

A reading log with your child's name at the top, in a design they'll want to fill: a simple log with a sticker box for every book for young readers, or a full one with the date, title, author, pages or minutes and a star rating. Pick, preview and print. Free, no account.

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Name
Reading log

For young readers: number the books and add a sticker for each one.

Design
More options: color, layout, paper
Color
Layout
Paper

Paper and layout are for printing at home. The notepad is always 11 × 8.5 in, landscape.

Get this chart printed

50 tear-off sheets with the same chart, one for every week. Printed in the US, free shipping, arrives in about 5–8 business days.

Get it by email, plus a new printable every month

Once a month we'll send a new free printable, like an allowance chart or a summer schedule, and you'll get 10% off your first Days Marked calendar.

How it works

  1. Type their name

    It goes at the top: “Emma's Reading Log”. Add more children and each one gets a page.

  2. Pick the log

    Simple for young readers (the book's title and a box for a sticker) or full for older ones (date, title, author, pages or minutes and five stars). Then choose one of 15 designs, or plain.

  3. Print and read

    Download the PDF, print it at 100% and keep it with the library books. A fresh page next month is one click away.

What you get

  • One page per child, with their name and a line for the month
  • Simple log: numbered lines for book titles and a big box for a sticker or a drawing
  • Full log: date, title, author, pages or minutes, and five stars to color in
  • Fifteen illustrated designs, from dinosaurs and space to unicorns and soccer, or plain
  • Portrait or landscape, on US Letter or A4
A printable reading log for kids with “Emma's Reading Log” at the top, numbered lines for book titles and a sticker box for each, in the dinosaur design
The simple log in the dinosaur design. The full log adds the author, pages and stars.

Simple or full: which reading log?

The simple log suits children who are learning to read or being read to: one line for the title (a grown-up can write it) and a box for a sticker, a stamp or a tiny drawing of the book. A page filling up with stickers is more exciting than a number.

The full log is for independent readers, from about second or third grade: they write the date, the title and the author, how many pages or minutes they read, and color in up to five stars. Many teachers ask for minutes, so choose pages or minutes before you download.

Ways to use it

Start a new page each month and staple them together at the end of the school year, or keep the page in the library bag. Set a goal for the page, like filling every sticker box, and a small reward when it's done. For summer reading, print a page for each month of the break.

Questions

Is the reading log free?
Yes. Make and download as many as you like, without an account or an email address.
What should a reading log include?
At least the date and the book's title. Many teachers also ask for the author, the pages or minutes read and a short rating, which is what the full log has. For young readers, the title and a sticker are enough.
Can I track minutes instead of pages?
Yes. On the full log, choose Minutes and the column says Minutes instead of Pages.
Can I make reading logs for several children?
Yes. Add up to four names and we email you one PDF with a page for each child, free. A log for one child downloads straight away.
Does it work for homeschool records?
Yes. Some states ask homeschool families to keep a list of the books each child reads, as part of a portfolio (Florida and Pennsylvania, for example, according to HSLDA). A monthly reading log per child is an easy way to build that list.
Is it US Letter or A4?
Either, portrait or landscape. Print at 100% or “actual size”.

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